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Scleroptila shelleyi

Francolinus shelleyi

Photo by nkgray
Photo taken: Muntshe, southern Kruger Park.

Identification

Length 28-31 cm. The throat is white with a black edge. The breast and flanks have chestnut stripes, and the belly is barred black and white. In flight, differs from the similar Red-winged Francolin in that only the primaries are reddish.

Distribution

Africa: Uganda (possibly no more?), Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, southern Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa and eSwatini. Populations are not contiguous.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Whyte's Francolin was formerly included here.

Habitat

Grassland with scattered acacia, savanna and open woodland - usually rocky areas.

Behaviour

It is a shy bird. The diet includes insects, small molluscs, seeds, bulbs and roots.

Vocalisation

A repeated til-it, til-leoo or I'll-drink yer-beer, generally only heard in early morning.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Shelley's Francolin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Shelley%27s_Francolin

External Links

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-;[[:Category:Francolinus|Francolinus]] shelleyi
+;[[:Category:Scleroptila|Scleroptila]] shelleyi
+''Francolinus shelleyi''
 [[Image:Shelleys_Francolin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by nkgray<br />Photo taken: Muntshe, southern Kruger Park.]]
 ==Identification==
 Length 28-31 cm.  The throat is white with a black edge. The breast and flanks have chestnut stripes, and the belly is barred black and white. In flight, differs from the similar [[Red-winged Francolin]] in that only the primaries are reddish.
 ==Distribution==
-[[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Zambia]], [[Malawi]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Mozambique]], [[South Africa]] and [[Swaziland]].
+[[Africa]]: [[Uganda]] (possibly no more?), [[Rwanda]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], southern [[Malawi]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Mozambique]], [[South Africa]] and [[eSwatini]]. Populations are not contiguous.
 ==Taxonomy==
-''Francolinus shelleyi'' has two subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
-*''F. s. shelleyi''
-:*Southern [[Uganda]] and south-western [[Kenya]] to north-eastern [[South Africa]]
-*''F. s. whytei''
-:*South-eastern [[DRC]] to northern [[Zambia]] and northern [[Malawi]]
-====''Scleroptila'' vs. ''Francolinus''====
-Sibley & Monroe (1996) placed this species in the genus ''Scleroptila'', but this genus has not been recognized by Clements (2007) or Howard & Moore (2003), and the Opus follows in this consensus.
+[[Whyte's Francolin]] was formerly included here.
 ==Habitat==
 Grassland with scattered acacia, savanna and open woodland - usually rocky areas.
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 ==References==
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+#{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V13.1}}#{{Ref-HM03Cor7}}#{{Ref-SibleyMonroe96}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}}
 {{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-{{GSearch|Francolinus+shelleyi}}
+{{GSearch|"Scleroptila shelleyi" {{!}} "Francolinus shelleyi" {{!}} Shelley+Francolin}}
-[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Francolinus]]
+{{GS-checked}}1<br /><br />
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Scleroptila]]